Teaching Theology in a Technological Age.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- SECTION ONE: TRACKING GOD'S DIGITAL FOOTPRINT -- SECTION TWO: LIVING AS CITIZENS OF THE VIRTUAL WORLD -- DEVELOPING SCENARIO LEARNING TO THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION -- TWEETING GOD -- THE CHALLENGE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITY -- SECTION THREE: WHEN REAL AND VIRTUAL WORLDS COLLIDE -- OPPOSING THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF LATE-CAPITALISM -- DEVELOPING PERSONAL RESILIENCE IN A DANGEROUS VIRTUAL WORLD -- CHALLENGES TO LEARNING IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET -- INTEGRATING REALITIES -- SECTION FOUR: WORLDS APART -- ON THE FRONTIERS OF CHANGE -- SALMON FISHING IN CHRISTIAN SETTINGS -- SECTION FIVE: UNLEASHING THEOLOGY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE -- VISUALISATION IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION -- TEACHING CHURCH HISTORY IN THE AGE OF FILM -- CURRICULUM AS SOFTWARE -- LEARNING DESIGN FOR FORMATIONAL LEARNING IN NON-CAMPUS-BASED LEARNING CONTEXTS -- "HOW LITTLE WE KNOW" -- THE RHIZOMATIC AND NARRATIVE BASIS OF PRACTICAL STUDENT LEARNING WHEN TEACHING ONLINE SPIRITUALITY -- CAN ICT PRESERVE THE FUTURE OF ANCIENT GREEK LEARNING? -- SECTION SIX: BUILDING REAL COMMUNITY VIRTUALLY -- SPEAKING CAREFULLY IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR STUDENTS -- TEACHING THEOLOGY ONLINE IN CLASS -- REAL PRESENCE IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION -- CONTRIBUTORS.

The iGeneration has learned to adapt rapidly to technological change. Tech-savvy students multi-task with consummate ease, accessing email on smart-phones, researching assignments on tablets, reading a book on Kindle, while drinking a flat white and listening to iTunes in the background. How does the tertiary educational curriculum meet the learning needs of students whose attention transitions rapidly between mediums and messages? The complexity and pace of modern technological change has left the theological educational sector gasping, as it struggles to devise pedagogically engaging online distance learning materials in traditional disciplines and teach units with significant relational and pastoral components. The technological benefits are vast, the instant availability of information unprecedented, and the opportunities to provide theological education to groups marginalised by the tyranny of distance and time enormous. How should the theological sector address these challenges and opportunities? Although the benefits are massive, the media is replete with stories of the casualties of technological change, including cyber-bullying, internet predators, the psychic damage from trolls, addiction to gaming, and issues of body image, among others. How should the theological sector, drawing upon its scriptural and teaching heritage, come to grips with the deficits spawned by the technological revolution? What is the theological, pastoral, social and pedagogic responsibility of theology teachers in nurturing this new generation? Teaching Theology in a Technological Age draws together in an inspiring volume a series of cutting-edge essays from Australian, New Zealand and South African scholars on the learning and teaching of theology in a digital age.

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